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The Conceit of Fake Piety
Weekly Text: Acts 13:40-52
In amenable conditions, it is easy for a building to fake structural integrity. When no cyclonic winds are oppressing the sticks and bark of a child’s carefully crafted teepee in the backyard, he may be lulled into th...
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12. Don't Be the Smartest Man in Hell
The Thirty Sayings (12/30)
Saying Twelve Proverbs 23:12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to words of knowledge. Don’t be the smartest man in hell. A sharp mind and a deep soul are not equivalent; they are two qualities that vary i...
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Tryin' Triune Grace
Weekly Text: John 14
Christians uniquely worship a God who cannot be contained. Not in a box. Not in a book. Not in a sermon. Not in your mind, either. As you try to pin him down over here, he pops up over there. As you struggle to grasp...
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11. Don't Be the Villain of Someone Else's Imprecatory Psalm
The Thirty Sayings (11/30)
Saying Eleven Proverbs 23:10-11 Do not remove the ancient landmark, nor enter the fields of the fatherless; for their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you. Don’t be the villain of someone else's i...
Read articleYes, Christ is Currently King. Here's Why.
Weekly Text: Acts 2
It is possible to read Ephesians 2:8-10 and Titus 3:5-8 and still reject Paul’s clear teaching of salvation by grace alone, through faith alone. Rare, but possible. In fact, I’ve seen it done before my very eyes. In t...
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240 Unwanted People
Many Would Crawl Over Broken Bottles to Have
Not long before the blood of our Lord and Saviour dribbled coldly down his side, it boiled with wrath against the injustices of his time. Wielding a makeshift whip, he invested all of his carpenter’s strength into som...
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10. Don't Lose Sleep Over a Fool's Foolishness
The Thirty Sayings (10/30)
Saying Ten Proverbs 23:9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. Don’t lose sleep over a fool’s foolishness. When intelligent men who are full of knowledge find themselves...
Read articleYour Weekly Dose of Polemical Commentary, Courtesy of Daniel 7
Weekly Text: Daniel 7
The following is an excerpt from my brief commentary on the major prophecies in the book of Daniel, written sometime in 2023. I'll copy-paste the conclusion right here, as a summary: Considered deeply, Daniel 7 is the...
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9. Don't Take Gold From a Black Hand
The Thirty Sayings (9/30)
Saying Nine Proverbs 23:6-8 Do not eat the bread of a miser, nor desire his delicacies; for as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. The morsel you have eate...
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